QUIET-TIZE YOUR ELECTRIC FAN! MAKE IT RUN SLOWER AND BE MORE QUIET! CHEAP EFFECTIVE METHOD!

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Larry Elterman

Күн бұрын

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@JamesSmith-qs4hx Жыл бұрын

Who else is watching this with a noisy fan they just bought?😅

@fayer-gi5jk Жыл бұрын

me! mine is for school lol

@ValPlex Жыл бұрын

@@fayer-gi5jk SAME LOL

@georgiabaieanderson1766 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Mine sounds like a speed boat engine 😭 trying to sleep with it on is awful

@artzytoastvt Жыл бұрын

Same

@por3328 Жыл бұрын

Same 😅

@Jmateo12 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! This saved the day for me.... now I don't have to buy a new lower power fan! Thanks for the details too! Very well made video!

@donosasxchanger6692 4 ай бұрын

Does this reduce the watts

@Jmateo12 4 ай бұрын

@@donosasxchanger6692 yes, it reduces the overall watts plus the watts that the fan use. Just be careful because the incandescent bulb get hot even at that low wattage

@Moonlightshadow-lq4fr 18 күн бұрын

When electricity was much cheaper, I used to heat my house using 2 3kw radiators wired in series. This would do 2 things:- 1 being the heat output would be half of one radiator, each radiator would now consume only 750 watts a total of half the original amount of the original single radiator. 2nd is that the life span of each radiator is pretty much limitless as they don't get anywhere near as hot as they were designed for. The benefits were quite staggering because not only half of the electricity is being consumed but the heat output, even though halved was spread around and heated the house much more effectively! I used to wire up Christmas lights with a few extra bulbs in series to make them last for years, I have a set still working that is over 20 years old now :)

@fvrrljr 23 күн бұрын

*my noise is squeaky noise not what i was looking for but stayed to listen so you get* 👍 *i'm just gonna throw WD-40 but if it shorts out problem solved* *glad i stayed to see your McGyver technique*

@alicomando1195 2 ай бұрын

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@MyInnerTalk 5 ай бұрын

Great explanation! Finally someone who thinks like the way I can relate to... Thank You so much!🎉

@fortnitebattleroyalefreevb9360 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I don't think it would be remotely applicable in my use case, but it was a very entertaining educational video

@jackjohansson10 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your testing and explanations of wave lengths to the effects of the noise level!

@adid2750 5 ай бұрын

Why they don't make them slower to begin with?

@LearningCS-jp4cb 3 ай бұрын

the numbers should keep going up

@habiboil 5 ай бұрын

One of the very best video i have watched up till now.. Now at least i can hv a good nite sleep Regards from 🇵🇰

@ElyziumPrime 20 күн бұрын

Very useful info. Much thanks.

@Jamesnebula 5 ай бұрын

Really interesting, I've been into fans and air purifiers for years I was not familiar with this method. It particularly of interest because I find in the majority of cases one is trying to do what you are create a good quality silent low speed. That still moves enough air. So the variable transformers while they are the gold standard are very heavy and expensive but most of the time it's only the quiet setting one wants. Great video thanks

@venugopal1845 Күн бұрын

What if I use a voltage regulator that we use for ceiling fans in stead of bulbs

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@luminousfractal420 4 ай бұрын

grabbed one of those 5A red models from amazon, $50 one because vevor suck (no pun intended) and wont deliver the $30 one here. it worked like a charm 🙏🏼 your a godsend. i have an 18" on the wall and if my ear pointed that way the hum was horrendous, if i turned it was bareable. im kind of sensitive to these noises, they keep me in a high state of stress for some reason. but now its gone . just the fluttering of the fan blades at 90v, no burning smells so far (😂 ive had some bad speed regulators) even the metal frame has stopped vibrating. 👍 ty so much. wonderful man. i would have gone the bulb route but with the price of sockets and finding bulbs that will work these days i went with the red chunk. i need another for my extractor but they are pricey. (#vevor 🗡️👀)

@geniusmarcsays2434 4 ай бұрын

i did it... and it's magical... speed drops not to half ...but a lot more, no sound at all

@raytannous7633 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Perfect explanation

@arlenreyes4283 Жыл бұрын

What worked for me was to change the fan blades from 3 blades to 5 and it made wounders for me, lost some fan power but made my so much more quiet, probably wont work well if the fan is not powerful enough

@LarryElterman Ай бұрын

if you can find a five blade set of fan blades that fit your existing fan!

@por3328 Жыл бұрын

This was helpful. Thank you.

@ricklariviere8401 Жыл бұрын

Very informative! Thanks for posting.

@tirsden 5 ай бұрын

I'd actually be willing to shell out $100 for a regulator because I need to have a floor fan pointed my direction for health reasons (advancing peripheral neuropathy that makes it really hard for my skin to tell temperature and I end up feeling constantly too hot when I shouldn't). My previous box fan was tolerable but the motor finally burned out and the new fan is notably louder and pushes air too hard even on the lowest setting. I can see this being an ongoing problem because I hate online returns and I know any fan will burn its motor out at some point anyways. So thanks for the recommendation, now I'm lost reading Amazon reviews and wondering how to pick a regulator that won't burn out in two months or catch fire. x.x

@grandtheftauto1233 3 ай бұрын

Hello - you should consider a fan with variable speed. I’d recommend the vornado energy smart fans - they can be adjusted from very slow to very fast. This will serve you better than trying to slow AC fans

@jasone3166 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. I've been trying to slow down antique electric fans that were designed to run on closer to 100 V instead of the 110 - 120 of today's lines. They do make transformers to run Japanese appliances (100V) on North American voltage and it works great for my 1916 12" GE but they are large and expensive. I am currently trying to slow down a tiny 6" GE from the 1920s and I'm looking for a simple, small and cost effective way to do so. I'll have to see if I can incorporate this method. I am curious why your house runs on 220V when you sound like an american and have american style plugs and outlets? I would expect 220V only for your oven and dryer.

@LarryElterman Ай бұрын

i live in the philippines

@mrpentium Ай бұрын

Just buy a variable resistor and use your vary the speed. Can’t sleep with the light bulbs just as the noise Did.

@michaelhoward8664 9 ай бұрын

I don't have anything that runs off 220 v. Can this work was 110 v.

@kwacz 5 ай бұрын

yes

@wturber 3 ай бұрын

Does anybody know if it makes sense to take a 220 to 110 step down transformer to take 110v and step it down to 55 volts? In other words, if you fed 110v into a 220v step down transformer (a copper coil one in particular), would you get 55v out - and not create some other problem/hazard.

@LarryElterman Ай бұрын

yes it would

@themaltesephoenix 4 ай бұрын

I tried it out and it works fine. One question though, does this use more electricity? I mean will there be more electricity consumption in this way since it's powering two bulbs apart from the fan?

@miyalys 4 ай бұрын

More electicity than what? In the video it's answered that that it uses less electricity >>compared to running the fan at full power

@geniusmarcsays2434 4 ай бұрын

he already said it will use more if you use resistance.. but i have a transformer that changes from 220 to 110, and i used it, it's working perfect

@christophernicdao5856 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry.

@daviddewilde8041 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@wturber 3 ай бұрын

Also, why not just wire in a rheostat?

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@luminousfractal420 10 ай бұрын

I had a fan like that but with an included 3 speed controller, i dropped the voltage to 75% using a fan regulator ($30 amazon)..it worked..but next day it was dead. Im guessing its the pcb that had issues.

@donosasxchanger6692 4 ай бұрын

Does this reduce the running watts??

@grandtheftauto1233 3 ай бұрын

Yes

@juancarlosmartinez-sanchez6784 Жыл бұрын

How can I identify the type of motor I have in my fan? I tried to reduce speed with a AC motor speed controller BTA 16 600B 2000W and the fan makes a noisy buzz

@Geniusinside2023 Жыл бұрын

He mentioned in the video don't use a dimmer, in your case speed controller, It will make noises

@LarryElterman Ай бұрын

experiment. In most cases the light bulb method will work. Either that or it will cause a catastrophic nuclear explosion (just kidding)

@ergosum5260 2 ай бұрын

Just add some heat with incandescent light bulbs?

@vicdreyer6413 10 күн бұрын

You're not adding any heat. The fan by itself was dissipating 48 W already. You just don't notice or think about that. Now the total dissipation is reduced to 38 W. So you've achieved your aim of slowing down and quietening the fan, AND you've reduced total heat output to 38 W.

@evanschwab3261 2 ай бұрын

that table is SO shiny

@daikiisano 6 ай бұрын

if u have a metal elecy, u can just bend it and the air resistance will make it slower

@kwacz 5 ай бұрын

but this will load the motor down and cause it to use more electricity

@Akwasijup 6 ай бұрын

Or you can just put an ac capacitor in series to reduce power very efficiently

@grandtheftauto1233 6 ай бұрын

Tell me more can I just add a cap in series on fans?

@atoramirez2137 2 ай бұрын

@@grandtheftauto1233just lower the value of capacitor that's all

@LarryElterman Ай бұрын

I am not that smart in electronics. I don't doubt that your method would work, but again, the average person does not know how to add a capacitor. The light bulbs anyone can do. It's low tech.